Thomas Haden Church is an American actor, writer, and director. Among other roles, he is known for playing Jack in the film Sideways, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

Thomas is the son of Wanda Maxine (Sanders) and Carl/Carlos Richard McMillen. Born Thomas Richard McMillen, he used a stepfather’s surname, Quesada, during his early life, and later took on the stage name Thomas Haden Church. He was raised in Laredo, Texas, then in Harlingen, TX.

Thomas has English, Norwegian, Danish, Scottish, and German ancestry. He has two children with his former partner, Mia Zottoli.

Thomas’s paternal grandfather was William Hyrum McMillen (the son of Edward H. McMillen and Lula/Lola Almira Mower). William was born in Utah. Edward was born in Ohio, to Scottish parents, William E. McMillen and Mary. Lula was the daughter of Henry Mower and Ruvinia June/Jane Mount.

Thomas’s maternal grandfather was John Thomas McKinney Sanders (the son of Thomas Richard Sanders and Lillie May Stuckey). Thomas’s great-grandfather Thomas Sanders was the son of William Andrew/Alexander Sanders and Mary Bumgarder Payen. Lillie was the daughter of William Stuckey and Rebecca Jane Brown.

Thomas’s maternal grandmother was Thelma Lillian Donna Fulmer (the daughter of William Wesley Fulmer and Florence Ethel Carter). William was the son of Thurston J. W. Fulmer and Lilian Ansley Kelsey. Florence was the daughter of James Solomon Carter and Idona Cora Robertson.